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Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Dies on Assignment in Syria
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Anthony is my friend Damon's brother. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Damon's wedding in Seattle last summer. I was really looking forward to hearing Anthony speak at town hall in April. Many condolences to the entire Shadid family for their loss. And much love to Damon and his wife Dini.
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I've never heard of a human being allergic to a horse. This event seems so rare and unusual as to cause me suspicion.
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Reading the headline I expected that he got shot by a sniper or hit with an artillery shell.
But horses? That was certainly a surprise.
But horses? That was certainly a surprise.
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@2: It happens. I grew up farming and knew many people allergic to horses. Not to that degree, certainly, but sometimes bad enough they had to use heavy-duty antihistamines to be near the glue factories, and I've known a couple deathly allergic to cat and dog dander. I wouldn't say it's suspicious, except that I would assume that he wouldn't go near the fleabags if he knew he was allergic.
Regardless of all that, it's certainly too bad.
Regardless of all that, it's certainly too bad.
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That is simply awful. Anthony Shadid's coverage of the Iraq war was moving, honest, and provocative. I will miss him tremendously.
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@2: google allergy to horses and you'll find that it's hardly unheard of. Didn't find any estimates of prevalence among the first few hits. But the first hit yields this:
Also Kate Middleton is allergic.
"Special care should be taken with anyone who suffers from asthma as a horse allergy can trigger a asthmatic attack, which in the most severe cases have been fatal. Consequently, if one has an asthma problem, one should take precautions when first exposed to horses (including having an inhaler and other asthma treatments to hand) and one should monitor asthmatic children when first exposed to horses."
Also Kate Middleton is allergic.
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At lunch, a few of us wished that he HAD been murdered by Assad's forces so that he would be the martyr needed to get the international community involved. I mean, if the man's going to die, his death might as well accomplish something. Sad, though.
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